What’s in a Name?
Today yours truly spent some time researching herself - something I do often and something I highly recommend; personally and professionally.
Well today was the day I have come to dread; to my dismay, I’ve located not one but two people “riding the coat tails” of The Organized Diva. Without mentioning any names I was disheartened by the fact the only minor modification made to my name resulted in them being ranked right along side me, who has spent the last number years working on legitimately building a reputation and brand. Ok, rant over. Still annoyed though….
So moral of the story…on a professional note, first is to know your rights. When I registered my name I knew it would not protect me from others using a modified version of my name. Something I really take seriously as I thought of many a name before arriving at my current one, but didn’t use it as I did not want to associate myself (good or bad) with another business trying to market them selves – this is something I happened to learn in Marketing. Unfortunately for me there is nothing I can do right now, that’s not to say that I can’t do anything in the future. This is now ironically on my extensively long list of things to do!
This little exercise of mine also reminded me about an article written sometime ago about potential employers “Googling” potential hires. You never know what you can find out. After “Googling” my business I “Googled” some names off the top of my head, and behold, up comes Facebook listings, forum posts and other things I now wish I didn’t know about some people (kidding!). I’m sure I’m not the first to advise it, but if you’re in the market for a job, “Google” yourself.
So, if any of the “new” Organized Diva’s come across my blog, feel free to comment. I’d love to hear about you.
